Machin a sentence
Mach as in: Mach-one
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The fighter jet soared through the sky at Mach 2, leaving a trail of sonic booms in its wake.
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These arms could rotate the chair on all four axes, so when I was strapped in to it, the unit could flip, spin, or shake my body to create the sensation that I was falling, flying, or sitting behind the wheel of a nuclear-powered rocket sled hurtling at Mach 2 through a canyon on the fourth moon of Altair VI. (source)Mach = the speed of an object divided by the speed of sound
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What was going through your head when A. Scott Crossfield broke Mach II? (source)
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They can turn on a dime and come to a sudden stop, from Mach 2 to zero in less than a second. (source)
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Mach 15 jets? (source)
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Besides, his YAK could only break Mach 1 in a dive. (source)
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[The pilot] is maintaining his present course at Mach .73, even though embedded thunderstorms have been reported in your area and you encounter moderate turbulence (source)Mach = the speed of an object divided by the speed of sound
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In this case it was a joy-riding teenage couple in a stolen EMV outside the traffic lanes, accelerating to Mach 1.5 with all lights and transponders off to avoid detection, who defied all odds by colliding with Aunt Tetha's ancient Vikken as it descended toward the Bussard City Opera House landing apron. (source)
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So when they were racing their latest motorcycle software, holding wild rallies through Downtown at Mach 1, they didn't worry about engine capacity. (source)
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Root cartwheeled, righting himself at MACH 1.† (source)
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As I enter the serene city of Guerneville, the 4-Runner truck goes from a Mach-like speed to that of a snail.† (source)
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He heard a faint boom somewhere over the desert, the blast wave of mach speeds, and it thrilled him, moved him.† (source)
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The Prince, Mach's my all-time fave.† (source)
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Mach es tot!† (source)
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The transport was a Globemaster C-17, flying at mach point seven, loaded with electronic surveillance equipment.† (source)
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He slid through the mach with a slight, thrilling tremor.† (source)
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Then he decided I needed some solid grounding in aviation history, and he stayed up half the night briefing me, by the light of a kerosene lamp, on the test-flight program, basic aerodynamics, and the Austrian physicist Ernst Mach. (source)Mach = a person's name
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Dussel replied in his haughtiest tone, "Ich mach' das schon!" (source)mach = foreign language
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